BELGRADE (SERBIA)
Italy won 102-95 with Serbia the decisive match in the playoffs for the Olympic pass and will go to Tokyo, 17 years after the last presence in Athens. The blue team in the facility dedicated to the legendary coach of Ignis Varese of the 70s Asa Nikolic went on target with Polonara (22 points), Fontecchio (21), Mannion (24), Tonut (15), Pajola (10), Melli (5), Ricci (3), Tessitori (2) its creators.
All the blues played at a truly convincing level, thus achieving the goal of bringing the national team back to the Olympics. Against Serbia the confrontation was directed in the direction preferred by the coach Romeo Sacchetti right from the start: the partials (28-22, 29-23, 23-18, 22-32) clearly testify that Italy has managed to express itself as you know and for Serbia the goal has moved away, despite the desperate comeback in the last quarter.
To Tokyo after the playoffs will go to Greece, which liquidated Turkey for 81-63 (8-22, 19-12, 24-13, 30-16), Slovenia who beat Lithuania 95-86 (28-24 , 24-28, 28-17, 16-16), Germany which imposed itself on Brazil 75-64 (14-17, 22-17, 16-12, 23-18). –